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ReleasesDecember 19, 2009

WordPress 2.9, oh so fine

I want to make you mine, all the time… oh wait. Hello. I’m here on behalf of the entire WordPress development team and community to announce the immediate availability of…

By Matt Mullenweg · 5 min read

DevelopmentDecember 16, 2009

2.9 Release Candidate 1

We’re at that exciting point in WordPress development where the dev team feels like version 2.9 is complete and ready for the world. If you’ve been waiting for your moment to…

By Matt Mullenweg · 1 min read

DevelopmentDecember 2, 2009

WordPress 2.9 Beta 2

Version beta-2 of WordPress 2.9 is ready for your testing pleasure. You can download it or use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin and auto-upgrade a test installation. See all…

By Andrew Ozz · 1 min read

ReleasesNovember 12, 2009

WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release

2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6…

By Ryan Boren · 1 min read

ReleasesOctober 20, 2009

WordPress 2.8.5: Hardening Release

As you know over the past couple of months we have been working on the new features for WordPress 2.9. We have also been working on trying to make WordPress as secure as possible…

By Peter Westwood · 1 min read

ReleasesAugust 12, 2009

WordPress 2.8.4: Security Release

Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password…

By Matt Mullenweg · 1 min read

ReleasesAugust 3, 2009

WordPress 2.8.3 Security Release

Unfortunately, I missed some places when fixing the privilege escalation issues for 2.8.1. Luckily, the entire WordPress community has our backs. Several folks in the community…

By Ryan Boren · 1 min read

ReleasesJuly 20, 2009

WordPress 2.8.2

WordPress 2.8.2 fixes an XSS vulnerability. Comment author URLs were not fully sanitized when displayed in the admin. This could be exploited to redirect you away from the admin…

By Ryan Boren · 1 min read

ReleasesJuly 9, 2009

WordPress 2.8.1

WordPress 2.8.1 fixes many bugs and tightens security for plugin administration pages. Core Security Technologies notified us that admin pages added by certain plugins could be…

By Ryan Boren · 1 min read

DevelopmentJuly 7, 2009

WordPress 2.8.1 Release Candidate 1

2.8.1 is nigh. Release Candidate 1 is our last stop before the final release. Please download RC1, review the changes made since beta 2, and have a look at all of the tickets…

By Ryan Boren · 1 min read

DevelopmentJune 26, 2009

WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 2

2.8.1 Beta 2 is ready for testing. Download it, check out the changes since beta 1, and review all tickets fixed in 2.8.1. We especially suggest, recommend, and beg that plugin…

By Ryan Boren · 1 min read

DevelopmentJune 21, 2009

WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 1

We’ve started work on the first maintenance release to 2.8. 2.8.1 will fix a handful of bugs that turned up in 2.8. Today we’re releasing the first beta of 2.8.1. Download it, and…

By Ryan Boren · 1 min read